Beethoven's 9th Symphony: Summary

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They return to the bar, and Alex hears a singer at an adjacent table singing the chorus from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, which is his favorite. Listening to the woman, Alex is excited, saying “I felt all the malenky little hairs on my plot standing endwise" Dim, deciding to be an ass, makes farting noises, and in response Alex clubs him in his groin. The next day while skipping school, Alex decides to have sex with two girls he picks up from the mall. His droogs later approach him, calmly confronting the negative ways Alex treats them, especially Dim. Georgie than suggests the idea of robbing a rich old lady. Alex calmly accepts their words, but then turns on them and beats all of them down, asserting himself as the apex of the group. He then

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